Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

:VINNationalE" . .Series Round 1 /F round: Hollister Hills OHV Park T Trials/MX . AG 1 inal .AHR MA 13/ 2Ideans; 4. Lyn n Boyer (Gre) 18; 5. Ed Meagor (Gre) 20. PREM UW EX: I. Lee Dodge (G re) 44; 2. Allen Wenzel (Gre ) 58. PREM HIW RIGID NOV: I. Rob Iverson. 10. PREM HIW RIGID EX: I. Stev e Martin (BSA) I; 2. Ken Dodge (Mat) 6PREM HIW NOV: I. Mark Julian (Ma t) 8; 2. Ross Poitras (Mat) 14. PREM HIW INT: I . Fred Mark (R-E) 16PREM HIW EX: I. Steve Darrow (A)S) 3; 2. Matt Hi lge nberg (ArI) 4; 3. Mik e Atkins (No r) 17; 4. Dick Mann (Mat ) 21. . WMN: I . Barbara Don Carl os (Yam) 18JR NOV: I . Nathan Kroeker, 4; 2. Jared Pew. 16. BRIT CLSC EX: I. Ken Burningham (Gre) 3. SP'fSMN INT: I . Jim Cameron (BSA) 17. MORN BlICENOV: I. Randy Lewis (Mon ) 16. MOTOCKOSS PAST MST1lS: I. Brad Leckey (Mai); 2. Doug Grant (AJS); 3. Ga ry Baile y: 4. Buck Murphy (Yam); 5. Jell Sm ith (BSA). 125 NOV : I. Matt Morando (Ho n); 2. John Gulliford (Ric· Zu n); 3. Mike Folena (Ric:·Zun); 4. Joel Hanson (Yam); 5. John Lee (D KW). 125 INT: I . John Ziska (Hon ); 2. smHenry (Han); 3. bry Pa ul DuChene (Yam); 4. Bm Clem (Han); 5. Lee FA abits die ha'rd (Yam~ (Lett) Ken Lusk (49V) leads a pack of Sport sman 500cc Novice riders . Lusk finished second. (Above) Steve Darrow, winner of th e Prem ier Heavyweight trials division, picks hlB way down a bank. TRIAL slippery oak leaves, and the continuous Section 6/7 was a long, but not-toosteep climb up a gulley. Seventy-five riders competed. Moore and his friend Steve Muscatell rode a pair of very early four -speed Bultaco Sherpa Ts, but still man aged to finish 1-2 in Modem Classic Expert ahead of the 1974 Sherpa T of Paul Olliges. The three riders were each separated by single po int . Three marks back was Sandhill class w inner Tony Sigala, riding a Yamaha TY25O. The largest class of the day was Modem Clas sic No vice, where Jon Stillman came away with just four points and the first-place award. Kawasaki KT rid er Scott Chapman finished with six, just one clear of Wayne Sumner's Yamaha. In Premier Ughtweight Intermediate, Doug Shepherd's Greeves took top honors with a score of 11, compared to 13 each for Mark Roler, on a BSA C15, and Ron McCabe , on a Triumph Tiger Cub. Roler won the tie-breaker by carding three more cleans, to earn the runner-up spot At the debut Hollister trial last year, park rangers asked that the sections be limited basically to one long wash area just over the hill from the MX course. With last year's success and rider coop" eration, rangers allowed Starman's Mike Fenner to spread this year's British Bike magazine-sponsored event out in to the hills a bit more, giving riders som e "loo p time." Of the nine sections, two crisscrossed a medium-sized ra in rut, one featured tight turning, four sections had tums complicated by a thick bed of The Vintage lron-sponsored program started with a memorial lap for former Greeves importer Nick Nicholson, who passed awa y in September. The lap was headed by Gary Bailey, and includ ed nearly all the Greeves machines at the event, plus Nick's son Keith Nicholson, who later had some great races in his first-ev er AHRMA ride aboa rd Kenny Sykes' 360cc Challenger. After the memorial lap, the Greeves contin gent lined up By Matt Hilge n berg . HOlUSTER, CA, OCT. 22-23 oh n Moore and Mike Brumit were victorious after some tough competition at the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association's National Tr ials/Motocross doubleheader. Moore claimed the Modem Classic Expert win at Saturday's trial, while Brumit topped the one d ivision each in the 30+ and 500cc Intermediate MX classes. For the second tim e this season, an AHRMA doubleheader was held on the West Coast As in April at Sandhill, Starman Productions laid out the trial, but this time, Santa Clara Riders Unlimited was the MX promoter. Weather conditions were nearly perfect both days, and there was a large spectator attendance. The two events, combined with a Friday motocross school by Ga ry Bailey, and swap meet/bike show on Saturday, have turned into one of the most popular vintage competition weekends anywhere. J s 0\ 0\ ' l-< Q) "E Q) > o z 30 MOTOCROSS under the array of national flags in the circuit's infield, while Rob Poole san g the national anthem. . At halftime, the Past Masters race took place, with seven riders compe ting in the five-lap d uel. Brad Lackey, in his firs t motorcycle ride in thr ee years, took an uncontested win over Doug Grant's AJS. Bailey was third, after endu ring pressure from Yamaha MXI25 rider Buck MUrphy. Mike Brumit was one of just a few double-dass winners. He entered two of the biggest classes - both of them large enough to warran t two divisions in order to accomodate all the riders, In the SOOcc Intermediate A race, Brumit stormed to the wi n in bot h motes, w hile second overall fell to New York's Bill Morando, wit h a 4-2 score. Oregon 's Doug Eckelman had a cons istent 3-3 da y for third. The 500cc Intermediate B d ivision was won by Loral Lake Racing's Rod Lake, aboard a Honda XL35O. Brumit had it tougher in the 30+ Intermediate B event, as Nicholson won the first moto and led the entire second moto until the final turn. With jus t a handful of bike lengths to go to the finish line, Brumit pushed Nicholson off line enoughto squeak pa st and w in . Ossa-mounted Keith Lynas won the A division over Lake. . Lynas entered two other classes, also, easily winning the Premier Ughtweight II Intermediates, and finishing third in 250cc Intermediate division B. Husqvarna r ide r Joe McCoy was another three-class entrant w ho had good r esults, his a ll coming a t the Novice level. In addition to winning the Premier 500cc II and 250cc cl asses, McCoy earned a fourth in 500cc Novice behind winner Dante Sorrenti, Arizona's Ken Lusk and Rokon-mounted Joe Tama ska. The Expert standout was Dall as Nyblod, who won the 30+, then had a littl e first -turn luck in the 125s to win, before finishing second in the 250cc Expert division. a 125 EX: I. Dallas N yblod (Ho n); 2. Chris Radzinsld (Kaw); 3. Rory Mwcatell (Ho n); 4. Scott Davis (Hon); 5. Michael Owens (H us ). 2SO NOV: I . Joe McCo y (H us); 2. Dav id Kuns (Mai); 3. Ed Hau smann (Bul); 4. Steve Sagely (Yam ); 5. Don Beese(H o n). 2SO INT D-A: I . Jon Mell o (Ho n); 2. Enc Roseme (Bul); 3. Ken Gera rd (Hon); 4. John Old (H on ); 5. Loyal Gibbons (Hon). 2SO INT 0-.8: 1. Brian Shiv es (Ho n); 2. Jeff Shives (Han); 3. Keith Lynas (Ossa); 4. Ronald Harrison (Hon); 5. Paul Miller (Hon ). 2SO EX: I. John Greenwa y (Hon); 2. Dallas Nyblod (Yam): 3. Randy Lewis (Ossa); 4. Da vid Fisher (Ossa); 5. Ron Mellon (Ossa). 500 NOV: I . Dante Sorrenti (Mai); 2. Ken Lusk (CZ); 3. Joe Ta maska (Ro k); 4. Joe McCo y (H us); 5. Reese Dengler (CZ) . SOO IN T P·A: 1. Mik e Brum it (H us); 2. Do ug Eckelman (e Z); 3. Rich Sm ith ( M<1Ii); 4. Sha n non Hwnphreys (Suz); 5. Mark Henry (Bul ). 500 INT D-B: I. Rod Lake (Ho n); 2. Dir k Murphy (Hus); 3. Larry Hipp (Ma i); 4. Randi Perkins (Mai); 5. Kenneth Corpe rrn). 500 EX: I . Nash (H us); 2. Allen Wenzel ((he. BSA); 3. John Shi ves (CZ); 4. Rand y Halsell (Yam); 5. Lee Shepherd (Hus). OPEN TWIN NOV: I . DeNs Van Gundy (Rio-Tn); 2. Jim McEuin (Ric-Tn). OPEN TWIN INT : I . Petri' Rollins rrn); 2. Rodney run Hen ni nge r (Ric-Tri); 3. To ny McDow ell (Ric-Tri) ; 4. Terry Pratt rrn ); 5. Mike Van Lienden rrri). OPEN TWIN EX: I . Rick Doug hty (Rio-Tn) ; 2. Scott Du nla v ey (C he-Tri); 3. Bill Kni gh t (No r); 4 . John Lundgren (Rk-Tri). WMN NOV: \. Ch ris ty Einboden (Ho n); 2. Debora h Pool e (CZ). WMN tNT: 1. Deb bie Kane (Ric-Mon); 2. Cand y Ha teley (pen); 3. Nic ki Parry (Suz) . 30+ NOV: I . Mark Sumner (Suz ); 2. Ken Lusk (CZ); 3. Dante Sorrenti (Mai); 4. Joe Tama ska (Rok ); 5. RLsese Dengler (CZ). 30+ INT D-A : \. Keith Lyna s (Ossa); 2. Rod Lake (Hon); 3. Neil Glertsen (Mai ); 4. Ma rk Rcler (BSA); 5. Jon Mello (H us). 30+ INT 0 ·8: 1. Mik e Brum it (H us) ; 2. Keit h Nicholson (Gre); 3. Scott Bowman (Hon); 4. John Old (Hus); 5. Paul Miller (Hnn ). 30+ EX: I. Dal las Nyblod (Yam); 2. Scott Dunlavey (Che- Tri); 3. David Fisher (Os sa) ; 4. John G reenway (Hon); 5. Randy Batsell (Yam). 40+ NOV : I , John Gulliford (Moo) ; 2. John Phillips (Rok); 3. John Hains (Ho n); 4. Ho ward Johnston (BSA); 5. Mike Folena (Hon). 46+ INT D-A: \. Robe rt Dora n (Mai); 2. Rich Smith (Ma i); 3. Ton y Luka uwski (Mai); 4. Ken Gera rd (Hon) ; 5. John M

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